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>>> He's really talking about online application business-to-consumer startups ("appcrap") No, I don't think so. The author is Slava from RethinkDB. His compan

>>> He's really talking about online application business-to-consumer startups ("appcrap") No, I don't think so. The author is Slava from RethinkDB. His company is definitely not "appcrap" (as you put it), and I think his same line of reasoning applies equally well to "real technology" companies (like RethinkDB), it just takes place on a longer time horizon. If you extend his metaphors to include the time to competitively create "real technology" they apply equally well.

coffeemug 12y ago
Exactly right. If Google can make self-driving cars, there are at least two other companies in the world (and probably many more) that can (and will) make competing self-driving cars. The timeline is a big longer, but the basic rules are the same. As much as we all like to think we're exceptional, we aren't.
- mercurial 12y ago
  FYI, rethinkdb.com is down.
  - coffeemug 12y ago
    It seems accessible to me.
    - mercurial 12y ago
      It's back now, indeed.
- Ohtrahddis 12y ago
  On the note of self-driving cars, check out http://www.getcruise.com/ http://www.getcruise.com/ I just heard of them from a friend who will be joining and I was skeptical at first. Their model seems to be to attach/install peripherals to a non- self-driving car and turn it into a self driving car. That way they can compete on a level with Google (optimistically) but don't need to manufacture vehicles.